STAR TREK WINNIPEG - EPISODE 1

More interesting 'cable access' on Youtube: "Star Trek Winnipeg: Episode 1."  By the way, here in Canada we call Cable Access, "Community Television".

"Star Trek Winnipeg" was just that; fans based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The vid is from 1980, and since Star Trek: The Motion Picture was just months old at that point, there are references to the film including the host's uniform and Jerry Goldsmith's superb theme music (which was later matched inaptly to the mediocre series Star Trek: The Next Generation).

Ah, yes, to be a genuine "Trekkie"; check out the video (part one of three) and you will get a diploma program...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0iFb63bXqg



It would be interesting to find out what happened to these Trek people: Dean Naday and Hans Goldfuss. What course in life did they end up taking?....

CABLE ACCESS GOLD - TWO LADIES "CAN'T SING"

While on Youtube a few days ago I keyed "cable access television" into the site's search-bar. Some interesting videos came up (oh, really?), one of which was something called "Henrietta and Merna Can't Sing - Go Tell It On The Mountain".  I watched but didn't laugh; I was more fascinated than anything, by two people who were obviously genuine. (Henrietta, during her solos, comes very close to swinging into "Oh! Susanna".) My reaction was more along the lines of, "this is sweet".

Singer Justin Bieber is in the news today as he might be charged with 'battery' for allegedly spitting on his neighbour. I ask: Who is more genuine?... Justin Bieber, or Henrietta & Merna Neudorf?

Watch this at two o'clock in the morning; I haven't yet but just might...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg7uGL6Ku20



The uploader of the above video is Youtube user "CGE-TV Winnipeg". He's got some interesting-looking stuff on there. I will explore, later.

OPEN LETTER TO THE 'SUN NEWS NETWORK'

Dear Sirs,

I understand the Sun News Network will soon be going out of business. I'm sending this note to get first dibs on any broadcast equipment you may be selling off.

Too bad you couldn't make it work at all. You had a broadcast licence and you were unable to produce even the simplest competent television program.

It goes to show you that 'talent' is key, and, unfortunately for you, simple-mindedness, anger and hostility do not increase viewership beyond the built-in plebeian faithful.


Sincerely,

Barry F. Smight

STAR TREK ART PRINTS - SELECT SET

Another posting on artist Juan Ortiz's retro Star Trek posters (from company QMx). Instead of popping every poster into this blog, I decided to pick a few of my favourites -- difficult given that I like them all. Below...

WASHINGTON POST'S TORONTO DINING POST

Normally when I read the Washington Post, before I scan the news headlines, I look for the juicy high-brow stuff. The kind that comes from the pen of George F. Will or Charles Krauthammer, their right-wing leanings be darned.

One headline in Friday's Post, the website, was this; "Smart Mouth: Native American dining in Toronto."

I had to investigate further.

The piece was written by Boston-based writer Steve Jermanok; he writes a daily blog called www.activetravels.com

I say that because I am going to crib-quote a section from his WP story...

"Once a staple for Lewis and Clark, pemmican was the protein powder of yesteryear, dried bison crushed into a concentrate and mixed with cooked fat upon dining. [chef] Bear Robe’s version is far more appealing: tender strips of bison marinated in a mahogany sauce and topped with peas and Saskatoon berries (blueberries with a bit more tang), served atop pan-fried bread."


I am so there!

"There" is...

Keriwa Cafe
1690 Queen St. West, (just east of Roncesvalles)
Toronto
416-533-2552
www.keriwacafe.ca

The Washington Post story...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/smart-mouth-native-american-dining-in-toronto/2013/03/21/40877aaa-8da1-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

STAR TREK - EPISODE RETRO ART PRINTS

Artist Juan Ortiz was commissioned by CBS to illustrate 'retro' posters for all the episodes of the television series Star Trek (1966-69). His efforts are impressive. (All posters are 18 x 24 in size.)

Here are the four posters from "Star Trek: The Original Series Art Prints - Set 4", from QMx...

QMx website...
https://store.qmxonline.com/Star-Trek-The-Original-Series-Art-Prints--Set-4_p_193.html

NEW 'STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS' TRAILER

Reading the Toronto Star online this morning alerted me to the fact there is a new (International) trailer for the upcoming movie, Star Trek Into Darkness. The headline leading to the article said: "new trailer is the best thing of the day."

Really? By who's measure? (Psst: It's only a movie. "Get a life.")

Anyway, here is the trailer... which I have yet to watch. If my day ends up being a disappointment, I'll watch a trailer which, apparently, will make my day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Eo4cmfxc-1c

DOES 'SATAN' ACTOR RESEMBLE OBAMA?

The "History Channel" is currently airing a miniseries on the holy bible; The Bible. On Sunday night, viewers got their first look at Satan. (I guess in future trivia circles a question might go like this: "In what episode of 'The Bible' did the character of 'Satan' make his first appearance?")

What struck many viewers was the more than passing resemblance to the current president of the United States of America, Barack Obama.

After noticing the headline "Does Satan actor in 'The Bible' look like Obama?" in this morning's Washington Post, I decided to visit the article. "Holy... he does look like Obama." ("And that outfit makes him look like a kind of 'Darth Obama'.")

In the role of Satan is Moroccan actor Mehdi Ouazanni; I don't know what he looks like without the makeup styling done on him in The Bible, but in this case he does certainly bare more than a passing resemblance to the 44th president of the U.S.A.

I'm a fan of Obama. Satan is not rendered in this History Channel Special the way I've always imagined him as looking. Isn't he supposed to look really mean, and evil? Here he looks more like a merchant dealer in kevas and trillium.

What I do find amusing is the fact that the miniseries' producers, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, are denying the Doppelganger bit in their show. They are quoted as saying in the Washington Post story: "Utter nonsense."

What that tells me, if those two Uber-producers are being authentic in their reaction, is they've never been in an editing room at 3 o'clock in the morning. The similarity is obvious anyway, but when you're exhausted at such a late hour, trying to make your air-dates, you start getting loopy; seeing things you've never noticed before. One could imagine this exchange...

EDITOR
Hey, man, don't you think he looks like Obama?...

PRODUCER MARK
(giddy laugh)
That's so funny! I never noticed that before. You're right!
(beat)
Oh... no....


Washington Post story...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/does-satan-actor-in-the-bible-look-like-obama-nonsense-producers-say/2013/03/18/0b22c65c-9013-11e2-9cfd-36d6c9b5d7ad_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines

TORONTO SUN EDITORIAL GARBAGE

Priceless line in today's Toronto Sun editorial...

'The New York Times recently showed that its famous slogan of "All the News That's Fit to Print" also includes the right to print garbage.'


That is so funny. I was going to expound on the above, but there is no need. I'll leave it at that. (I'm laughing so hard that I'm finding it hard to use my computer keyboard.)

MORE PRICELESS TORONTO SUN COMMENT BOARD STUFF

I swear, I cannot make this stuff up...

"i'm smart enough to get under your thin skin idiot."


Ever since I saw that comment a few days ago, on the Toronto Sun comment boards, I've been trying to get under a "thin skin idiot" myself. I quickly realized it's a lot harder than I imagined.

Priceless.